Many trucking companies are setting up property broker operations to handle excess freight or reduce operating costs and risks. Is this worthwhile? Do property brokers really avoid the financial risks that face trucking companies? While recent court cases suggest that being a property broker is not risk free, there still […]

This is not your first time transporting hazardous materials. Safeco, your trucking company, is familiar with and follows every DOT regulation governing the transportation of hazardous material. It knows just what to do if a shipment of hazardous material is damaged, or begins to leak. 49 CFR 177.854 gives the […]

Under a change to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) made by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, employers are required to permit nursing mothers to take breaks to express milk and to provide a private location, other than a bathroom, to do so. Nursing mothers may take “reasonable” […]

DREAM Act … Obama Order … Doesn’t matter if you fall left or right of center, immigration affects all of us, particularly businesses, with challenges and opportunities. The world is indeed flat. Most businesses are facing the globalization of their industry, and thus have an increasing need in employing foreigners […]

Federal law and Michigan law require a purchaser of property to investigate whether the property is environmentally contaminated; otherwise, the purchaser runs the risk of becoming legally liable to pay the cost of cleaning up contamination on the property, even though caused by a prior owner. Unlike most states, Michigan […]

While the economic downturn in 2008-2010 created significant difficulties for many people related to their real estate holdings (dramatic losses of equity, difficulty in selling and financing or re-financing houses and, in some cases, short sales or mortgage foreclosures), it also has presented opportunities for prospective purchasers to purchase real […]

Give the Notice, the Whole Notice, and Nothing but the Notice 1. Give the Notice The first question that should cross the mind of anyone planning to purchase or lease a gas station is: have the underground gasoline storage tanks at the station ever leaked? If so, negotiating responsibility for the […]

Article Originally Published: September 2009 The information contained in this article is not intended to be legal advice. Readers should not act or rely on this information without consulting an attorney. One of the biggest “hammers” wielded by the government to impose environmental liability on private companies with contaminated property is […]

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